Senior Project Control Specialist-Senior Business Analyst

Edgewater Technical Associates, LLC; Aiken (SC); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Edgewater Technical Associates, LLC is seeking a Senior Project Control Specialist – Senior Business Analyst to support the Savannah River Site in Aiken, SC. The role emphasizes developing and maintaining project controls, cost analysis, and integrated, resource-loaded schedules to guide management decisions.

Responsibilities include leading planning activities, analyzing variances, and ensuring milestones align with objectives, while mentoring others and coordinating with management interfaces.

Qualifications

• Organize, develop, analyze and maintain project controls and cost data.
• Maintain cost and schedule control throughout project life cycle.
• Lead planning and scheduling activities under supervision.
• Develop and maintain complex, integrated schedules (P6) with resource loading.
• Analyze schedule variance and recommend corrective actions.
• Provide guidance on scheduling practices and lead POD meetings.

Responsibilities

• Organize, develop, analyze and maintain project controls, financial analysis or estimating applications to monitor objectives and prepare status reports.
• Provide management with capability to maintain cost and schedule control throughout the life cycle of a complex project.
• Perform moderately complex Planning & Scheduling activities under limited supervision.
• Develop and maintain all complex divisional or project logic driven, integrated schedules through short-, mid-, and long-range planning.
• Formulate and define schedule logic to meet baseline milestones and objectives.
• Analyze schedule performance for progress and trends; recommend corrective actions to mitigate problems.

Skills

Accounting systems

Cost control

Project management

Estimating

P6

PeopleSoft

OAS

COBRA

Analytical thinking

Education

Master's in business

Bachelor's in business

Assoc degree + 8 yrs exp

HS diploma +12 yrs exp

Tools

PeopleSoft

P6

OAS

COBRA

Job description

Edgewater Technical Associates is seeking qualified candidates for a Senior Project Control Specialist – Senior Business Analyst opportunity to support the Savannah River Site.

Work Location: Aiken, SC

Application Deadline: 11/17/26 (by Noon ET)

Duties

• Responsible for organizing, developing, analyzing, and maintaining project controls, financial analysis or estimating applications required to monitor established objectives, and to prepare status and management reports that identify variances in the work execution strategy and recommend solutions.
• Provide management with the capability of maintaining cost and schedule control throughout the life cycle of a complex project or work activity.
• Under limited supervision, performs moderately complex Planning & Scheduling activities.
• Develop, analyze, implement and maintain all complex divisional or project logic driven, integrated, resource loaded schedules through short, mid-range, and long-range planning.
• Formulate and define schedule logic to ensure meeting baseline milestones and award fee objectives.
• Analyze schedule performance for progress and trends and recommend corrective actions to remove or mitigate potential problems or constraints.
• Review established planning technology and methodology.
• Recommend improvements or alternatives in order to maximize utilization of department schedules and resources.
• Demonstrate proficient ability and knowledge in the development of project milestone schedules to establish optimum conditions and effective utilization of resources.
• Aid in establishing project milestones related to specific scheduled activities and obtain management concurrence where necessary.
• Analyze variance from the schedule baseline and make recommendations to management for corrective action.
• Provide supervision and guidance to others in planning and scheduling activities along with oversight and monitoring of essential or critical planning activities.
• Maintain a major involvement in the regular interfaces with all levels of management.
• Lead schedule review meetings or assume primary role in the responsibility for the scheduling portion of the division, department or project Plan of the Day Meeting (POD).
• Provide and disseminate guidance, instruction and rules for proper and effective scheduling functions within the area assigned.
• May assume a lead role in planning/scheduling of a single large project, facility, or a single department or program.

Education / Years of Experience

• A master's degree in business / construction management / technical / engineering or a related area and 2 years of practical experience. Bachelor's degree in business / construction management / technical / engineering or a related area and 5 years of practical experience would be considered equivalent. An associate's degree and 8 years of practical experience would be considered equivalent. A high school diploma and 12 years of relevant experience would also be considered equivalent.

Required Skills / Experience

• Requires considerable proficiency in the use of automated accounting, budgeting, cost management and estimating systems as tools for performing required duties.
• Working knowledge and understanding of project management and cost and schedule control at the tactical level is necessary, along with a knowledge of operations, maintenance, or project startup and construction.
• Estimating Specialty – Demonstrated skill in conceptual estimating, coordination with technical personnel, interfacing with engineers, knowledge of field construction techniques, labor, and equipment requirements.
• Ability to apply concepts and methods to quantify work condition impacts on costs is necessary.
• Individual will need to have experience with People Soft, P6, OAS, and COBRA.
• Possesses strong personal computer skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous SRNS experience.
• Possessed an active DOE clearance (L or Q) within the past two (2) years.

Other Job Requirements

• Must be a U.S. Citizen
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a DOE “Q” security clearance (an active DOE clearance is not initially required to perform assigned duties).

Working with Edgewater Technical Associates

Founded in 2003, Edgewater Technical Associates, LLC (Edgewater) is a New Mexico-based small business headquartered in Los Alamos, NM, with five (5) regional offices across the United States to locally support our growing presence at project sites. Edgewater has a proven track record and is a trusted provider of fixed-price construction projects, engineering, and technical services for the Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Defense (DOD), National Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Canadian Commercial Nuclear Industry, and private sector commercial contractors involved in nuclear, high-hazard, or complex operations. Edgewater’s experience and guidance ensure that our customers perform hazardous operations, comply with regulatory requirements, and maintain the highest quality and safety standards.

Originally founded to support the Los Alamos National Laboratory, Edgewater now supports customers across the U.S. and Canada. Edgewater has five offices, with corporate headquarters in Los Alamos, NM and regional offices in Carlsbad, NM; Oak Ridge, TN; Aiken, SC; and Richland, WA.

Edgewater is committed to recruiting and maintaining a staff of highly skilled professionals to support our customers. In keeping with this objective, we offer highly competitive salaries and employee benefit packages structured to best suit your needs. We offer multiple individual and family benefit options including:

• paid time off
• medical
• dental
• life
• vision
• disability insurance
• pre- and post-tax 401 (k) retirement account with Company matching contributions and 100% vesting for eligible participants beginning DAY 1.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Edgewater is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veterans, or individuals with disabilities in accordance with EO 14173.